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Giganotosaurus is 10-15 percent more massive and longer than Tyrannosaurus rex, which for a long time was record holder.
南方巨兽龙比长久以来保持最大纪录的霸王龙还要大10～15%
Giganotosaurus was an incredible animal, around 13 meters in length.
南方巨兽龙是令人叹为观止的动物，全长约为13米
And the head was huge, around one meter and 80 centimeters.
它的头很大，大约有1.8米长
Giganotosaurus had a skull the length of a man.
南方巨兽龙的头骨有一个人那么长
But this giant predator had one more thing to reveal.
但这种大型掠食动物，还包藏着更多的秘密
When the team dated the bones, they found Giganotosaurus lived in the Cretaceous, the time of the giant long-neck Argentinosaurus.
研究小组检测它的骨骼后发现，南方巨兽龙生活在白垩纪，与巨大的蜥脚类阿根廷龙生活在同一时代
And the two dinosaurs were found only 80 kilometers apart.
这两只恐龙的发现地点相距不过80公里

For the first time anywhere in the world,
这是全世界范围内的第一次
scientists had discovered mega-carnivores and huge plant-eaters living during the same time period and in the same place.
科学家们发现大型食肉恐龙与巨型植食恐龙生活在同一时代、同一地区
This is a peculiar ecological relationship that we found in Patagonia.
我们在巴塔哥尼亚发现的是一种奇特的生态关系
Big preys and big predators.
大型猎物和大型掠食者
If we look at South America in the age of Giganotosaurus,
我们可以回瞰一下南美洲的南方巨兽龙时代
the main potential prey for this immense meat-eater is an even more immense plant-eater, the giant Argentinosaurus.
这种庞大的食肉恐龙的主要猎物是一种更庞大的植食恐龙——阿根廷龙
Could it be true that in Patagonia something unique happened?
巴塔哥尼亚是否真的会发生一些特别的事件呢
That the largest plant-eater ever came face-to-face with the largest known meat-eater in an extraordinary clash of the titans?
地球上有史以来最大的植食动物是否会与最大的食肉动物展开面对面的殊死较量呢？

词汇解析

1.the length of …的长度
And keep in mind that this holds true regardless of the length of your speech.
还要记住的是，这一点总是很适用的，这和你演说的长度无关。

2.the same time period 同一时期
Others argue that the cocktail was first served at the Knickerbocker Hotel in San Francisco, CA around the same time period.
也有人说，这种鸡尾酒最初出现于旧金山的尼克伯克酒店，时间大约也在淘金潮时期。

3.prey for 捕食
Anchovies are prey for larger fish and mammals, so he believed they may have sought refuge in the shallow waters of the marina.
凤尾鱼是大鱼和（水生）哺乳动物的捕食对象，他觉得正是这个原因使得它们会游到海港的浅水区避难。

4.face-to-face with 与...面对面
They realize that they will never be face-to-face with the people who give them assignments and grade their work, but they don’t need others to encourage them.
他们知道自己永远都不会见到给他们作业的导师，也不会有导师面对面地指导他们完成作业，但是他们也不需要别人来鼓励他们。

视频及简介

BBC跟随着科学家到达阿根廷。在那里，他们挖掘到了一种崭新的恐龙。它们比暴龙还要大，是至今为止所发现的最大的食肉动物。这种捕猎者的头骨比一个人要大，上面还布满了锯齿状的，小刀样的牙齿和长的，强壮的颚肌肉。它们能够以外科手术般的精确度来把它们的猎物切成碎片。